Zooming and Scaling

Zooming and Scaling

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The View menu has Zoom operations pertaining to the screen view, and Scale operations pertaining to the page view.

  • Zooming makes the drawing details smaller without affecting the size on the printed page. The text (constraints, output and annotation) changes size with the rest of the drawing.
  • Scaling adjusts the size of the geometry relative to the page, but the text doesn't change size in the drawing window.  Check View / Page Boundaries to see this work.

The Scale functions used from the icon bar at the top of the screen can be changed to Zoom functions by holding the ctrl key while clicking the icon.  This is handy if you need to change the size of the text on the screen:

  • A Scale down icon_scale down  followed by a Zoom in [ctrl] icon_scale up  has the effect of enlarging the text.
  • A Zoom out [ctrl] icon_scale down  followed by a Scale up icon_scale up  has the effect of shrinking the text on the screen.